Western Digital Ships 12TB WD Gold Hard Drives to Meet Growing Capacity Requirements of Big Data Applications
September 12 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New Hard Drives Enable Users to Efficiently
and Reliably Store Large Amounts of Business-Critical Data
Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), a global data storage
technology and solutions leader, has expanded its WD Gold® hard
drive lineup to include a 12TB capacity model, designed to address
demanding Big Data workloads. The new high-capacity hard drives
provide for increased storage density in a range of enterprise and
cloud storage applications.
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WD Gold 12TB High-Capacity Hard Drives
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Whether data comes in the form of confidential consumer data,
healthcare records or business intelligence, WD Gold hard drives
provide a no-compromise storage solution that modern day IT
managers need.
“As data growth continues unabated, retaining more of that data
and generating meaningful insight from it becomes increasingly
important,” said Brendan Collins, vice president, Devices business
unit, Western Digital. “Businesses that most effectively extract
value from operational data are able to make smarter decisions,
improve business outcomes and ultimately gain a competitive
advantage.”
The WD Gold hard drives are designed to store users’ most
precious data. Designed for heavy-workload, high-vibration server
environments, the new drives have a reliability rating (2.5 million
hours MTBF) that is among the highest in WD’s hard drive portfolio.
The drives utilize Western Digital’s 4th generation HelioSeal
technology, which seals helium in the drive to help provide
exceptional capacity, reliability and power efficiency.
Availability
The new WD Gold 12TB hard drives (model number WD121KRYZ)
feature a five-year limited warranty, and are available now through
select distributors. For more information on features,
specifications, workload ratings and reliability of the WD Gold
product line, visit:
https://www.wdc.com/products/internal-storage/wd-gold-enterprise-class-hard-drive.html.
About Western Digital
Western Digital is an industry-leading provider of storage
technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage,
experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing
market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling,
high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused innovation,
high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed
under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs, distributors,
resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. Financial
and investor information is available on the company's Investor
Relations website at investor.wdc.com.
© 2017 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Western Digital, HelioSeal and WD Gold are registered
trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its
affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are
the property of their respective owners. As used for storage
capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible
capacity varies depending on operating environment. Product
specifications subject to change without notice. Not all products
are available in all regions of the world.
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